Lara relinquishes command

The pomp and circumstance of the Change of Command Ceremony for the JROTC program at Bastrop High School was witnessed Friday morning as Cadet Lt. Col. Rachael Lara relinquished command of her battalion, handing it over in true military style to Cadet Lt. Col. Devondria Jones. The inaugural ceremony was was held at the BH...

Lara, along with her Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Cadet Command Sgt. Major Jamal Hill, led the JROTC to place first in unarmed exhibition drill, third in unarmed regulation drill, third in armed regulation drill and fourth in overall inspection of cadets at a competition in Little Rock, Ark. in May. They competed against 15 other JROTC programs from Arkansas.

The battalion-sized organization is comprised of approximately 160 cadets, with four companies having two platoons each.